The image below is a little blurry, but the colors are nice. Our first example started with a poorly-taken photo, so let’s try some similar techniques with slightly better images. Turning a Good Photo Into a Useful Background The key information to know about this slider is that wherever you move the values, the black and white points of the slider need to be right next to each other. The Light Range is what will truly create the effect. You can increase the light bokeh and bokeh color values to anything you would like, those won’t result in a bokeh look, no matter what combination you try. One critical part of this bokeh technique involves the light range slider at the bottom. Bokeh color intensifies and colorizes the colors within the blurred image. Since this image is so dark, I set the light bokeh amount to a high value. The intention is to blur the light areas until there are no sharp color areas. Check the Field blur checkbox and increase the slider to a high amount. For this effect, go to “Filter” > “Blur” > “Field Blur,” and a dialog box will pop up.įield Blur is different from the other blur filters, because it is meant to imitate natural lens blur found in phot0graphy. The image above is really dark with hints of light, which is ideal for a bokeh effect. The new blur settings in CS6 are a real asset to Photoshop’s filter arsenal. Next time you have some “throwaway” photos with interesting (accidental) colors or patterns, make it a bokeh background instead. The image below is pretty unusual, and I couldn’t imagine using it for anything in particular, but with Photoshop CS6, we can transform this impractical image into a useful bokeh background in just a matter of minutes. Turning a Bad Photo Into a Useful Bokeh Background Instead of searching online for well-suited backgrounds or browsing through stock photography libraries, you should consider making your own background you’d be surprised at how little time or technique is involved.
Photoshop CS6 in particular has some impressive new functions that allow you to easily create a variety of abstract backgrounds. Photoshop is a great tool for image creation and editing.
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